--- title: In the course of three weeks he had a very fair shadow, which, when… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the course of three weeks he had a very fair shadow, which, when he set out for his home in the northern lands, grew more and more in the journey, so that at last it was so long and so large, that it was more than sufficient. Who acts: man, fair shadow, shadow. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, fair shadow, shadow), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg1597:23:58 # text = In the course of three weeks he had a very fair shadow, which, when he set out for his home in the northern lands, grew more and more in the journey, so that at last it was so long and so large, that it was more than sufficient. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 29 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 29 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 so so SCONJ IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 fixed _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 ccomp _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 conj _ _ 52 than than ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 sufficient sufficient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | man | a fair shadow | | the course | week | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shadow=Patient | | 2 | **set out** | past | a fair shadow | | | the northern lands | | for man's home | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **grow** | past | man *not said here* | | | the journey | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in journey=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | shadow | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | shadow *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | shadow | | | | | than sufficient; more *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/59/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/)